Biography •
Insurance & Reinsurance

Yves’ main areas of practice are corporate, mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance. Yves’ expertise in insurance and reinsurance (contentious and non-contentious) is widely recognised, due to his unique knowledge and more than 20 years of experience.

Yves helps multinational companies and foreign investors to establish their businesses in Mexico, as well as in financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He also represents the leading international insurance groups in their operations in Mexico, and advises on reinsurance claims covering Mexican risks.

Yves heads NHG’s London office, enabling NHG to best advise Mexican clients throughout Europe on their operations in Mexico and Latin America.

Yves is a member of the presidential council of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA); a former chairman of AIDA’s Mexican chapter (AMEDESEF); and an an honorary member of the Commercial Bar (COMBAR). He was responsible was establishing ARIAS Mexico.

Yves is the founder of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom (the first Mexican chamber of commerce in Europe) and currently serves as its chairman; he is also a co-founder of the Latin American Forum.

Yves received his law degree from the Panamerican University; attended a programme on the US legal system at Georgetown University in Washington, DC; and is a fellow of the French government programme for future leaders, held at ESSEC Business School in Paris.

Yves is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

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Biography •
Who's Who Legal Mexico:
Transport

Mr Hayaux-du-Tilly's main areas of practice include corporate, mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance. He is specialised in insurance and reinsurance, both in contentious and non-contentious matters.

Yves has been involved in aviation-related matters for many years. When Saab was a regular lessor of aircraft to Aeromexico, Yves frequently represented Saab in its day-to-day operations, including the negotiation and lease of more than 24 aircraft to Aeromexico.

Yves also has participated regularly in insurance and reinsurance-related matters involving aviation law and related risk, including advising AXA in the claim to AIG arising from the aircraft accident in which the secretary of the Interior of Mexico and other high-level officers perished.

During the first stages of insolvency of Mexicana, Yves advised and represented Aviation Capital Group in the workout and restructuring of eight aircraft lease agreements and three additional new aircraft lease agreements.

Yves also acted as expert in Mexican law in the landmark matter of Pegasus Aviation, Inc, and others as claimants (insured) and Seguros Comercial America, SA de CV as respondent, from 2006 to 2008, with work involving among other issues the construction of AVN 67B.

Yves' focus on aviation law has been always using the strength of his experience and expertise in insurance, reinsurance and financial laws, all of which have given him a strong edge to serve NHG clients in aviation-related matters.

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